WW 34 SEVERE TSTM IA MN WI 142240Z – 150600Z
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 34
NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
540 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of
Northern Iowa
South-Central and Southeast Minnesota
Far Southwest Wisconsin
* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 540
PM until 100 AM CDT.
* Primary threats include...
Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely
Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2
inches in diameter possible
SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms ongoing across Iowa will
continue to spread northward/northeastward over the next few hours.
The environment is expected to remain supportive of large hail and
strong/damaging wind gusts across northern Iowa,
south-central/southeast Minnesota, and far southwest Wisconsin
throughout the evening.
The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45
statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of
Worthington MN to 45 miles east southeast of La Crosse WI. For a
complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline
update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU4).
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area.
Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening
weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible
warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce
tornadoes.
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OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 30...WW 31...WW 32...WW
33...
AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to
2 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A
few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector
24035.
...Mosier
